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My Sister's Beautiful Heart

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
December 05, 2024 15:37
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In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...
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    The Saucey Pack Goat

    The Saucey Pack Goat

    Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
    March 03, 2024 17:03
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    For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here.  The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...
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      Walking With My Ocarinas

      Walking With My Ocarinas

      Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
      April 19, 2023 18:57
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      These four pieces are based on my experiences of goat packing in the mountains.  I always bring my ocarinas for a bit of fun.  All the sounds you hear are based on my ocarina playing.  For a description (including some neat...
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        Meadowlark for Warren

        Meadowlark for Warren

        Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
        May 25, 2021 16:07
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        This was a breakthrough piece for me, written in 1989 or so.  I lived in a junkie old trailer in Evanston, Wyoming, where I was happily no longer working as a counselor for the seriously mentally ill.  I was sitting in my...
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          My Sister's Beautiful Heart

          My Sister's Beautiful Heart

          Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
          December 05, 2024 15:37
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          In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...
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            Walking With My Ocarinas

            Walking With My Ocarinas

            Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
            April 19, 2023 18:57
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            These four pieces are based on my experiences of goat packing in the mountains.  I always bring my ocarinas for a bit of fun.  All the sounds you hear are based on my ocarina playing.  For a description (including some neat...
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              The Saucey Pack Goat

              The Saucey Pack Goat

              Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
              March 03, 2024 17:03
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              For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here.  The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...
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                Meadowlark for Warren

                Meadowlark for Warren

                Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                May 25, 2021 16:07
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                This was a breakthrough piece for me, written in 1989 or so.  I lived in a junkie old trailer in Evanston, Wyoming, where I was happily no longer working as a counselor for the seriously mentally ill.  I was sitting in my...
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                      My Sister's Beautiful Heart

                      My Sister's Beautiful Heart

                      Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                      December 05, 2024 15:37
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                      In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...
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                        Performance of Living With My Donkeys

                        Performance of Living With My Donkeys

                        Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                        March 09, 2024 18:00
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                        William Scharnberg played a great performance of the entire set at the International Horn Symposium, summer 2024.  The recording we got wasn't the greatest, so I'm in the process of remastering that.  So some of the pieces...
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                          The Saucey Pack Goat

                          The Saucey Pack Goat

                          Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                          March 03, 2024 17:03
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                          For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here.  The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...
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                            Take Your Medicine

                            Take Your Medicine

                            Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                            February 28, 2024 21:26
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                            For notes on how I used the "pop" of the plastic cork of these two bottles to create this music, click here....
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                              Living With My Donkeys, SCORE for horn part

                              Living With My Donkeys, SCORE for horn part

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                              The Living With My Donkeys score is 11 x 14, covered and bound, 39 stiff card stock pages, with music, color photos and story line.  I also send a thumb drive, SDHD card and/or CD which has the Donkey Bray part for...
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                                Wyoming Wild Life

                                Wyoming Wild Life

                                for Two Pianos and Electronic Sounds
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                                Two piano piece with accompanying electronic music, written for the Hanna, Wyoming Centennial and sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Foundation.  Involves inside-piano playing.  Contact me for more information....
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                                  My Sister's Recipes

                                  My Sister's Recipes

                                  for Soprano and Alto Choir, Orff Instruments with Electronic Sounds
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                                  Written for a young soprano/alto choir with Orff instruments, My Sister's Recipes is a set of three pieces with electronic sounds.  The range goes up to high G.  Contact me for shipping.  This was commissioned by the Radford...
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                                    Ear-Bird for Solo Recorder

                                    Ear-Bird for Solo Recorder

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                                    Ear-Bird is a solo piece for recorder, range suitable for soprano, alto or tenor.  Medium difficulty.   Contact me for information on shipping....
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                                      Jewel Dirks posted the song Feathering

                                      April 19, 2025 21:24
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                                      Jewel Dirks uploaded the video Lydia Van Dreel: Clip of Living With My Donkeys

                                      April 05, 2025 19:49
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                                      Jewel Dirks updated the song The Sandhill Crane Suddenly Recalls He’s a Dinosaur

                                      March 29, 2025 16:16
                                      The Sandhill Crane Suddenly Recalls He’s a Dinosaur
                                      Jewel Dirks

                                      Jewel Dirks updated the song The Sandhill Crane Suddenly Recalls He’s a Dinosaur

                                      March 29, 2025 16:16
                                      The Sandhill Crane Suddenly Recalls He’s a Dinosaur
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                                      Jewel Dirks posted the song The Sandhill Crane Suddenly Recalls He’s a Dinosaur

                                      March 29, 2025 16:16
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                                      Jewel Dirks posted the song The Low Bow

                                      January 10, 2025 21:09
                                      The Low Bow
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                                      Review from Female:Pressure

                                      Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                                      December 29, 2023 19:52
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                                      Today, we're delighted to introduce a new musical masterpiece by Jewel Dirks.  Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of the Wyoming prairie with her latest release, Egon the Little Goat Takes Control.  Jewel is...
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                                        After 35 years....

                                        Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                                        December 13, 2021 17:29
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                                        Virginia finally prohibits LGBT discrimination link...
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                                          "Living With My Donkeys" receives Honorable Mention

                                          Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                                          September 30, 2021 18:21
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                                          The International Alliance for Women in Music awarded Honorable Mention for the Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize to Living With My Donkeys.  What an honor!   Here's their news release....
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                                            Sarah Willis Receives MBE

                                            Jewel DirksJewel Dirks
                                            June 16, 2021 21:24
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                                            Sarah Willis, horn player and human extraordinaire, has been included in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours list to be awarded the title of MBE for her "services to Charity and for the promotion of Classical...
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